This is a discussion on final table strategy within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; hi all...i am wondering the best strategy for final table ...i should play agr...i should wait for a second or third place ...please give me

final table strategy

hi all...i am wondering the best strategy for final table ...i should play agr...i should wait for a second or third place ...please give me a good suggestion

#2

19th May 2016, 1:29 AM

Two6JJ [751]

Game: NL Holdem

Play to your stack and those at the table with you. Getting aggro with a couple of shove range short stacks acting behind is a quick way to spew off. Like everything in poker...it depends. Good tight poker works until the final 4 by then you should have decent read on the table and proceed accordingly with a bit wider range. These are good problems to have since best part of them is you made a final table, well done!

#3

19th May 2016, 1:51 AM

cat24550 [1,099]

Poker at: ACR

Game: holdem

I play loose til ITM then I tighten up.

#4

19th May 2016, 2:01 AM

iosif18 [394]

Originally Posted by Two6JJ

Play to your stack and those at the table with you. Getting aggro with a couple of shove range short stacks acting behind is a quick way to spew off. Like everything in poker...it depends. Good tight poker works until the final 4 by then you should have decent read on the table and proceed accordingly with a bit wider range. These are good problems to have since best part of them is you made a final table, well done!

thank you for your advice.because at final table i play like a chicken ...and my target is 3rd or 2nd place ....thanks again

#5

21st May 2016, 6:55 AM

klickitat [127]

re: Poker & final table strategy

I really try to let the short stacks to get knocked out and watch for places to steal from them. Short stacks are usually scared and stealing from them is fairly easy.

I like to watch the eyes of tight players with short stacks. They almost always will look at their cards and then straight to their stack to see what they have to bet with if they have good starting cards. If they do not then they usually have poor starting cards and stealing from them is easy with a min raise but really watch to make sure that their stack is not too small and forces them to go all in.

#6

22nd May 2016, 9:01 PM

sunofabeach [17]

really depending on your position.

if you're the big stack, pressure the other ones (even shove often with decent hands vs. the small stacks ... but do that only if the larger stacks already folded).

as a small stack, play tight, wait for a good hand and go all-in.

#7

29th May 2016, 6:56 AM

lvlalaciuca [147]

Poker at: pokerstars

Game: holdem

final table

I have always had successful final table adopting a style very patient and only playing strong hands.
of course taking into account my stack and others.
I rely heavily on opponents' mistakes are nervous because the final table

#8

29th May 2016, 6:23 PM

johnny tigre [261]

Online Poker at: pstars, 888

I'd say patience and focus on the game as a whole, not just on the hand being played.
These are the weakness on my game, as i always get impatient and i always lose my focus on the game. I usually make bad calls for acting on impulse and forgetting to consider other aspects of the whole game.

#9

29th May 2016, 6:43 PM

Turn7 [101]

Poker at: PokerStars

Game: Holdem

It depends on the size of your stack. If you have rather a small stack compared to the others and to the blinds you should try stealing blinds or doubling up! Use your position to make your stack bigger.

If you have a bigger stack stay patient because it could be over very fast. Focus on your cards, your position and the opponents behavior and skills. Avoid playing against the big stack and perhaps the small stack. The big one will call you easily the small one has nothing to lose. As a big stack you can call some cards easier.

#10

29th May 2016, 9:59 PM

MarceloMC [221]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: NHL & PLO

re: Poker & final table strategy

Normally in FTs I start playing tight and for ICM in the beginning waiting for some short stack players going "all in" and after the first 2 or 3 eliminiations I start playing a little more agressive but Always when in position to steal some blinds and very tight agressive in early positions...

In the case I arrive in the 3-handed or at HU if the blinds are high I use my very agressive strategy like in the Spin&Go games but waiting for good hands to go "all in"...

Rgds,

#11

29th May 2016, 10:34 PM

MattRyder [1,146]

Poker at: Pokerstars

The difference between the final table and other stages of a tournament is that now you are definitely sitting beside the better players. Granted, they've all had their fair share of good luck too - you CANNOT make it to a final table without good luck - but they are also GOOD. So, you need to recognize that they are going to be fairly tight and fairly aggressive most of the time. If you wait till you are too short they will not let you steal from them. You want to be aggressive when you are still a middle-high stack, because that is the only chance that you will get to play proper poker. If the chip leaders raise, they are almost always doing so with a decent hand (not necessarily the nuts, but rarely trash), and one that they are willing to defend from short stackers. They will not let themselves get too short without taking some action. They will usually not make stupid mistakes when there are short stackers still left at the table.

#12

31st May 2016, 7:58 PM

wanted2090 [51]

Online Poker at: Pokerstars

Game: Holdem

I usually wait and enjoy the show I let the other players play and get kicked and only play the very best hands!

#13

21st February 2017, 9:52 PM

akmost [420]

Poker at: PS|ACR|888

Game: NL Hold'Em

Depends on your position.. If you are the chip leader you can easily bully the smaller stacks. If you are 8-9 place don't wait for a monster to shove. Because you gonna get blinded out and finish last either way.You should target for the first place! Yoy can find push charts on the internet in order to be more aggro. and last but not least you have to pick heads up spots for double ups!

cheers

#14

21st February 2017, 11:04 PM

Xcoder [191]

Online Poker at: PokerStars

Game: NLHE

I play final tables like I play at any tables. Switching between aggressive and passive play. I tend to make more notes on players at final tables to.

#15

22nd February 2017, 5:15 AM

karl coakley [506]

Poker at: ACR

re: Poker & final table strategy

Originally Posted by klickitat

I really try to let the short stacks to get knocked out and watch for places to steal from them. Short stacks are usually scared and stealing from them is fairly easy.

+1

A lot of the time people get antsy at the final table. I usually don't play much till 2 or 3 people bust out. As the table gets shorter I widen my range. Pretty standard poker.

#16

22nd February 2017, 7:05 AM

ivanbbb [413]

Online Poker at: пl

Game: хl

the table is already clearly the aggressor and the chip leader, so you need to be objective

#17

22nd February 2017, 7:39 AM

tihomir_kula [256]

Poker at: poker stars

Game: omaha

It depends on the purpose.In razz tournaments my aim always is 1 st place, so I play to win. In hold em sometime use looser strategy to improve position

#18

28th February 2017, 2:08 PM

naruto_miu [11,554]

Online Poker at: pokerstars

Game: omaha

Originally Posted by iosif18

hi all...i am wondering the best strategy for final table ...i should play agr...i should wait for a second or third place ...please give me a good suggestion

FT's depend so much on situational scenarios that happen, and each one Is totally different, as the players are different.

So here's my list of things to look for.

1) Look at where on the table the bigger stacks to you are (You should always be observant of this) as you're not willing to likely wanting to get It In vs them (Unless you're near 100% sure that you got them) and the same holds true for them (Some big stacks are just maniacs but In general) this Is how It goes, when It comes to big stack vs big stack.

2) Always look for chances to "steal/re-steal" and apply as much aggression as humanly possible vs certain players (Again I said "Certain players") as some players (Just don't give a damn), and because of that they're not the ones you really want to be trying moves vs, also watch out for those really "Tight players" as they're not bluffing/weak when they enter a hand, thus you would need a legit hand vs them (If you decide to play back vs them).

3) Keep an eye on your blinds and stack as you want enough of a stack to be able to apply the "maximum pressure In certain situations vs very aggressive players when the time comes" because those blinds add-up+you mess with their mind by them having less than they had previously and this will lead them to a meltdown

4) Steal as often as you can, but again be wary of whom you're stealing vs, and try to steal with something decent (Not 92o like a boss), and rinse/repeat again and again, but be ready to calm down when the table starts playing back vs you (As you're now become too aggressive for them so they need to up the aggression vs you), happens but that's life.

5) The more short handed the play, the more you need to be able to pick up on players whom you "Think" want to ladder vs players whom you "Know want to win" (Really easy to differentiate between the two types), the hard part Is figuring them out, and figuring out when they make the switch from "wanting to just cash, to wanting to want to win".

6) Never really be scared to take, situational flips vs players whom you think you're ahead of, but also be ready to make tough ICM folds If need be.

7) Always be ready to shove them chips In, when a clear spot happens to open up (As you don't get them often) so when they do, you should be more than happy to take It (Unless a player has like 1k chips or less than 7BBs or something of that nature and will be out In the next hand or two

#19

28th February 2017, 3:07 PM

AizenFalck [134]

Poker at: Pokerstars

Game: Holdem

It depends. If I was already in the one table thats going to be used as the final table I keep playing the same way during the whole tournament but if I am taken from a diffrent table I wait a few turns to check on the players and know who plays aggressive and avoid that guy till the end

#20

28th February 2017, 3:16 PM

studaddy420 [241]

Online Poker at: ACR, BCP,

Game: holdem

re: Poker & final table strategy

it also depends on payouts. if i make a ft, live, and i'm already ITM, my range opens up and i tend to gamble more or be more aggressive. most i think play to ladder up, if you play to win, you can exploit more IMO